Hi everyone,
Some of this is already known and scattered throughout threads, so I thought this was useful.
There are 3, maybe 4 types of “mesh” used in Empire Strikes Back at least, if not in all three films:
1) alternating slot mesh, slot sides only overlap 1/4 of the one above
Search Help: Phillips, His Masters Voice Radios
2) interrupted mesh, tight weave that stutters into a loose mesh for a row.
Search Help: Dansette Radios,
3) Slot mesh in columns, very similar to #1 with slightly wider slots
Search Help:
4) Vader chin? Does the Diamond latticework in the Vader chin vent come from a source?
Search Help:
5) Diamond Perforated Mesh
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6) Vader Belt Box perforated rectangular mesh (?)
Search help: Telefunken Reel to Reel (Very expensive)
I recently found a second source for #1. Originally a specific UK Philips radio was the only exact source we could find in the wild.
There is a “close” version, a silver tone radio but the pattern isn’t quite right. Silvertone on the left, correct on right
I want to add pictures of prop and costume sources to this first post, so please, Vader experts and prop experts, let’s document this.
Some of this is already known and scattered throughout threads, so I thought this was useful.
There are 3, maybe 4 types of “mesh” used in Empire Strikes Back at least, if not in all three films:
1) alternating slot mesh, slot sides only overlap 1/4 of the one above
Search Help: Phillips, His Masters Voice Radios
2) interrupted mesh, tight weave that stutters into a loose mesh for a row.
Search Help: Dansette Radios,
3) Slot mesh in columns, very similar to #1 with slightly wider slots
Search Help:
4) Vader chin? Does the Diamond latticework in the Vader chin vent come from a source?
Search Help:
5) Diamond Perforated Mesh
Search Help:
6) Vader Belt Box perforated rectangular mesh (?)
Search help: Telefunken Reel to Reel (Very expensive)
I recently found a second source for #1. Originally a specific UK Philips radio was the only exact source we could find in the wild.
There is a “close” version, a silver tone radio but the pattern isn’t quite right. Silvertone on the left, correct on right
I want to add pictures of prop and costume sources to this first post, so please, Vader experts and prop experts, let’s document this.
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